Jennifer Lawrence has a good excuse for running late to our interview. The actor whom everyone wants to meet was on her way to the lounge of a five-star hotel for our appointment when she had the opportunity to be introduced to the creator-star of “Girls,” Lena Dunham. “I ...

Bradley Cooper didn’t have a whole lot of time to prepare for his starring turn as Pat Solitano, the brash, damaged soul at the center of filmmaker David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook.” In fact, he had no time.